Legal Opinion
John Crossley & Sons, Ltd. v. Hogg
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
Decided May 15, 1897No. 664PublishedCited by 2 opinions
This was a suit in equity by John Crossley & Sons, Limited, against William J. Hogg, for alleged infringement of a patent for a design for carpets.
1Opinion of the Court
COLT, Circuit Judge.
This is a bill in equity, brought for the infringement of letters patent No. 2.3,362, granted June 12, 1894, to (xiulio Slarehetti, for a design for a car-pet. The specification says:
“Tiie body, A, comprises aseries of diamond-shaped figures, die sides of which are formed by a curving' stem-worlr bearing small flower forms. These diamond-shaped figures liave conventional flower forms at their centers, around which are arranged concentric rows of flower and leaf forms, each row or series having Hie same general outline as the main figure. At the bottom of each iigmc is an…
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